What is the effect of an amendment to the statute of limitations on sexual assault?
Saskatchewan, Canada
The following excerpt is from Kraft v. Lanigan School Division No. 40, 2006 SKQB 479 (CanLII):
Amendments to statutes of limitations are one of the exceptions to the general rule as they are considered procedural in nature and that such amendments are often given retrospective effect unless to do so would affect vested rights. Martin v. Perrie, 1986 CanLII 73 (SCC), [1986] 1 S.C.R. 41.
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